These photos date to the early 1920s. The caption reads: Transatlantic Fliers. Top: American Navy Seaplane NC-4 which crossed the ocean with one stop at the Azores, reaching Portugal, May 27, 1919. Center: The British Vickers-Vimy bombing plane, which made the first non-stop flight across the atlantic, June 16, 1919. Bottom: The British Dirigible R-34 which flew across the Atlantic, July 6, 1919.

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